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Name	Team	Age
Yoshio Kaneko	Retired (2009, Age 36)	55
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 5 (2000)	RP	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Bobby Doerr League	0	9 years (28 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B-	C-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D+	D+	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D+	D+	A
Endurance	Velocity	Control
C	A	C+
Leadership	Mentor Value
D	C
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C	0	11/1/1972
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	Type	Chances	Endurance	Velocity	Control	Total
2000	Majors	52.40	0 / 16	1 / 15	0 / 21	1 / 52
2001	Majors	45.86	0 / 5	1 / 20	0 / 20	1 / 45
2002	Majors	44.88	0 / 12	0 / 13	0 / 19	0 / 44
2003	Majors	42.56	0 / 7	0 / 19	0 / 16	0 / 42
2004	Majors	43.47	0 / 8	0 / 13	0 / 22	0 / 43
2005	Majors	47.05	1 / 11	0 / 12	0 / 24	1 / 47
2006	Majors	47.04	-2 / 9	-3 / 18	0 / 20	-5 / 47
2007	Majors	39.25	-1 / 10	-2 / 16	-2 / 13	-5 / 39
2008	Majors	33.94	-3 / 5	-8 / 18	-2 / 10	-13 / 33
2009	Majors	4.39	-2 / 0	-3 / 2	-4 / 2	-9 / 4
Total			-7 / 83	-14 / 146	-8 / 167	-29 / 396

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
2009-11-01	Yoshio Kaneko has retired from the Free Agency Pool
2009-05-23	The Minnesota Twins have waived Yoshio Kaneko.
2009-05-02	The Minnesota Twins have promoted Marty Cruz to the major league team. The Minnesota Twins have designated Yoshio Kaneko for assignment.
2000-04-01	The Minnesota Twins have promoted Yoelvis Carbonell to the major league team. The Minnesota Twins have promoted Yoshio Kaneko to the major league team. The Minnesota Twins have promoted Alejandro Burnett to the major league team. The Minnesota Twins have designated Tomoyuki Fujita for assignment. The Minnesota Twins have sent Bob Lake to the minors. The Minnesota Twins have sent Jack Roberts to the minors.